Ukraine plane crash

July 17, 2014

Brendan Hoffman/Wire photos

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A group of miners search a field for debris and human remains from an Air Malaysia plane on July 18, 2014 in Grabovka, Ukraine. Air Malaysia flight MH17 traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed yesterday on the Ukraine/Russia border near the town of Shaktersk. The Boeing 777 was carrying 298 people including crew members, the majority of the passengers being Dutch nationals, believed to be at least 173, 44 Malaysians, 27 Australians, 12 Indonesians and 9 Britons. It has been speculated that the passenger aircraft was shot down by a surface to air missile by warring factions in the region.

Brendan Hoffman/Wire photos

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A group of miners search a field for debris and human remains from an Air Malaysia plane on July 18, 2014 in Grabovka, Ukraine. Air Malaysia flight MH17 traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed yesterday on the Ukraine/Russia border near the town of Shaktersk. The Boeing 777 was carrying 298 people including crew members, the majority of the passengers being Dutch nationals, believed to be at least 173, 44 Malaysians, 27 Australians, 12 Indonesians and 9 Britons. It has been speculated that the passenger aircraft was shot down by a surface to air missile by warring factions in the region.